What do we need to send to Danny by Thursday?
  • Info to send to conference attendees regarding the hardware they need to run SL
----http://secondlife.com/support/sysreqs.php
  • ISTE has a waiting list for renting space
    ----ISTE is currenting waiting for a grant to buy another island and may have space in the future
    ----Parcels rented through ISTE are small--maybe too small for us--wouldn't have enough space to create Jamestown
    ----As a tenant of ISTE we would be able to use ISTE venues such as the large auditorium if available
    ----ISTE does let you rent space for events
    ----Zoltan Barski (SL) from Higher Ed is looking at renting space if VSTE were interested in sharing
  • List of sessions/topics we would like to present Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
    ----Are we still conducting the panel discussion from our initial proposal highlighting a favorite SL place? That can be part of one of our sessions, don't you think?
  • SESSION A Beginning Landlubber's Get Started! (Sunday AFTER the panel discussion) (again Mon AM)
----Creating an avatar
----SL vocabulary
----Basic Skills (navigation, inventory organization, searching...)
  • SESSION B Now what? All Hands on Deck: We help the Sprogs Get Going (Monday midday and Tuesday Morn)
----Where to go for help
----Places to go for free clothes, hair, shoes, and objects
----Groups all educators should join
  • SESSION C Getting into it Ahoy! Matey! Get Connected! (MONDAY Afternoon and Tuesday Midday)
----Creating a Personal Learning Network
----Favorite places in SL
----Things to do for fun
  • PANEL Discussion
----Sunday night
----Interview with the four of us in SL, talking as our avatars
----Maybe get a KEY player in ISTE to do the interview
----Revealing our real selves at the end

MONDAY NIGHT
----Big Reveal of Jamestown Island
----Treasure Hunt in SL
----Prizes???


MONDAY NIGHT SOCIAL ACTIVITY
  • Treasure hunt with Pirates of the Carribean for Monday Night Social activity
    ----SL pirate costumes for avatars
    ----RL pirate costumes?
    ----Notecard with landmarks and items for avatars to collect on SL teasure hunt (should we only send them to educational site?)
    ----SL colleagues to be inworld to assist with treasure hunt
    ----RL and/or SL prizes for winners
    ----Need movie permission - Is this our responsibility or does staff take care of this?
  • Suggest a schedule for the sessions


What skills do we need to learn and/or find help for to recreate Jamestown in SL?
-Pictures of Jamestown Al took these on Sat., Oct. 4th
-Pictures of Jamestown Fara took these on Sat., Oct. 4th
-Pictures of Jamestown Kim took these on Sat., Oct. 4th
-Pictures of Jamestown Lisa took these on Sat., Oct. 4th
-Pictures of Jamestown Marie took these on Sat., Oct. 4th

Types of ships

What do we want to include in our VSTE Island?
  • Casual coffee shop setting for chatting with other members
  • Interactive whiteboard for presentations and Machinima with seating area
  • Campfire/Treehouse meeting places
  • Sandbox with builder's grid
  • Teleporter board to locations on VSTE island
  • Teleporter to other educational locations (DEN, ISTE, Etc.)
  • Opportunities for Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
  • Our own speaker series
  • Links to central database of technology integrated lesson plans
  • SLoodle???
rperkins01@gmail.com Milosun's email!!!!


What do we need at the Pavilion for our SL area?
  • tables and chairs
  • screen and projector
  • Lifesized cardboard cutouts of our Avatars or at least Danny's AV . We may need to check copyright from Linden. (http://www.lifesizephotostandups.com/ )
  • Ribbon Tags to add to VSTE conference name badges saying "SL VSTE Member"
  • RL Blackbeard character to wonder convention center and enlist VSTE SL members
  • Integrate local VB Blackbeard history with conference theme
Questions for tonight's meeting (Tuesday, Sept 23 8 PM)
  • Is it okay to start inviting people to help us?
  • When do we want to go to Jamestown?
  • Shall we interview some builders in SL about costs?
  • Who feels comfortable calling Jamestown and talking to someone to see if they are interested in participating?